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The linked article is about the technology and infrastructure behind Listen Notes, a podcast search engine and database. The project is primarily built with Django/Python3 and React/Redux/Webpack/ES. Most of the servers can be horizontally scaled and the backend includes PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch. Ansible is used for machine provisioning and deployment. The author also uses Datadog, Rollbar, and Slack for monitoring and alerting. The project is hosted on AWS and the author works at a WeWork coworking space.